Just thought this would be interesting to see who had to beat the classiest acts to win their grand slams...

Serena:
Martina Hingis
Venus x5
Lindsay Davenport

Venus:
Serena
Lindsay x3
Justine Henin-Hardenne

Martina:
Mary Pierce
Jana Novotna
Venus Williams
Conchita Martinez
Amelie Mauresmo

Justine:
Clijsters x3
Mary Pierce
Svetalana Kuznetsova

Maria:
Serena Williams
Justine Henin-Hardenne

Mary:
ASV
Conchita Martinez

Kim:
Mary Pierce

Svetlana:
Elena Dementieva

Anastasia:
Elena Dementieva

Capriati:
Martina Hingis x 2
Kim Clisjters

And a couple of blasts from the past:
Steffi Graf:
Martina Navratilova x4
Chris Evert
Natalia Zvereva
Gabriela Sabatini x2
ASV x5
Helena Sukova x2
Jana Novtona
Martina Hingis
Mary Jo x2
Moncia Seles x3

Monica Seles:
Steffi Graf x3
ASV x2
Martina Navratilova
Mary Jo
Anke Huber
Jana Novotna

Of course it wouldn't be fair to say that this any conclusive sort of evidence; just an interesting little fact. Sometimes the real final ends up being the semi final as for whatever reason the two best players in the draw meet in the semis (the 2002 FO being a prime example).

very popular thread

Graf beating Nav 4 times :bow:

It's funny how both Lindsay and Jennifer have won 3 Slams each, and for both, in two they beat Martina Hingis.

Oi you cheeky bugger, it is for information rather than discussion. There's really nothing to discuss I put it all there.

I will say though that of current players I think Serena and Venus have the most impressive scalp list in Grand Slam Finals :D

Closely followed by Lindsay...

Exactly! Some threads are intentionally made for information rather than for debate/discussion Oblivion. :rolleyes:

Btw I agree with you Serena about Venus, Lindsay and Serena have the most impressive scalp lists. :) I can't believe that Venus and Martina have only ever played in one Grand Slam against each other though. :o

Why doesnt that surprise me? roflmao

I know :o

And Serena and Martina have only ever played in two finals together :yikes:

And don't forget that Lindsay and Serena have only played in one Slam final together. :o It's quite unbelievable.

Wait, haven't Serena and martina only played in one final together?

One Grand Slam Final yes but I meant finals in general.

:o :o :o I wasn't awre of that!! They've only ever played two finals against each other on the WTA?!

Yep.

I think Serena and Jen haven't played that many finals together either only two I think. Amazing considering how many times they met.

yeah, Jen and Monica always seem to meet in the quaters.

:o If they had played more, Hingis would be in the 50's :D

I can't believe that. I suppose when they played Hingis was usually the top seed, and Serena was like 10th seed, so they usually met in the Qtrs or Semis.

Did it hit you that Davenport is not on that list? roflmao

:doh:

O crap I was sure I put her up :rolleyes:

No wonder LDF or Dav haven't added to that thread :lol:

roflmao

Lindsay must be applauded for never dropping a set when she has won a slam :bow:

Serena did that at Wimby and the US in 2002 :bow:

Venus at the US 01 :bow:

Hingis 97 US Open :bow:

Yes Serena is the only person to win Wimby and the USO, back to back since Martina Navratilova :D

crap

Oh i forgot about that :bow:

Venus did it in 2000 and 01 :o

Sorry I meant without dropping a set.

ah yes, she did too :bow:

ignore my crap remark. I wrote something, and edited it out with 'crap'. :P

Oh rte :ok:

An unusual stat for such a legend, Graf never won Wimbledon without losing a set. Seems rather unfair in a way after winning it 7 times :lol:

And 97 AO :clap:

and she only dropped one at wimby :)

And Lindsay only won it once but it was in straight sets :lol:

Still I know whose record I would rather have :D

Also Steffi faced Navratilova there in 88 and 89 and only dropped sets to her so you've just gotta think if she hadn't been facing the greatest grass court player ever, then she probably would've won it twice in straight sets in those years...

It's interesting really though that Steffi won RG in straights a couple of times but never Wimbledon.

I think the Nav won Wimbledon 4 times without dropping a set :bow:

That was a pretty good year for her eh :lol:

I think its time for Venus to win Wimby in straights :lol:

Hingis denied her the chance in 00, Henin in 01, lindsay in 05. 07 it is then ;) roflmao

:clap:

Stupid one-slam wonder Iva Majoli ruined the Calendar Slam :angry: :tsk:

if she plays that is :unsure:

To be fair, majoli was inspired in that final :ok:

And then embarressed herself with a loss to Kournikova at Wimby :lol:

Well you never know, if Venus had started off quicker she could've won it in straights in 2005. Im glad she didn't though as then we would've been denied a classic :clap:

She really shouldn't have dropped a set to Justine in 2001 :tsk:

She did bagel her though :D

I think Kournikova got to the semis that year. her best GS result roflmao

God she was overhyped.

She really should've won a title though :rolleyes:

Lindsay was a set and 4-0 up in their fourth round match :rolleyes:

The Wimby final in 01 was only about 68 minutes long :lol:

Venus won the first set in about 20 mins and the third in about 19 :bow: